Terry Matthews (footballer)

Terry Matthews
Personal information
Full name	George Terence Leonard Matthews[1]
Date of birth	25 February 1936[1]
Place of birth	Leyton, England[1]
Playing position(s)	Inside-forward
Youth career
	Tufnell Park
	Edmonton
	Queens United
	West Ham United
Senior career*
Teams managed
000?–1974	Aveley
1974–1977	Tilbury
1977–?	Walthamstow Avenue
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

George Terence Leonard Matthews, known as Terry Matthews (born 25 February 1936), is an English former footballer who played as an inside-forward in the Football League for West Ham United, Aldershot and Gillingham. He later managed non-league clubs Aveley, Tilbury and Walthamstow Avenue.

Matthews played for Hackney and Middlesex Schools and joined West Ham United as a youth. He signed professional forms with the east London club in August 1952. He made his senior debut on 22 October 1953, a 5–1 defeat against Colchester United in the Essex Professional Cup, alongside fellow debutants Andy Malcolm and Fred Cooper.[2][3]

Matthews would have to wait two-and-a-half years for his league debut, a Second Division encounter against Blackburn Rovers on 17 March 1956. He scored the only West Ham goal of a 4–1 defeat.[2][3]

After nine league appearances for West Ham, his final game for the club came in the Essex Professional Cup, in a 3–1 win over Chelmsford City on 26 November 1956.[3]

He joined Aldershot in July 1957 and scored 20 goals in 62 appearances, before moving to Gillingham in August 1962.[1] He scored one goal in 12 appearances for the Gills during the 1962–63 season.[4]

Matthews then moved to non-league Ashford Town where he was captain before injury curtailed his playing career.[5] He went on to manage Aveley, and in 1974 moved to Tilbury, with Larry Hutson making a move in the opposite direction. At the end of the 1976–77 season, Matthews left for Walthamstow Avenue.[6]

Matthews, or Mr Matthews as he was known by us, was a PE Teacher at Clissold Park secondary school, N16. I attended that school in 1970 and he was in role then, but it's not known how long he remained. Weekly we would attend Snaresbrook sports fields where Matthews took football training, and was accompanied by another West Ham legend John Dick.

He later managed Sunday league team Ockendon Motor Spares.[7]

References

"Terry Matthews". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
Marsh, Steve. "George 'Terry' MATHEWS ... (1953)". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
"George Terry Matthews". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
Day, Richard (25 February 2013). "On This Day..." Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
"Official Handbook 1970-71". Ashford Football Supporters Association. 1970.
Brown, Lloyd (September 2013). "A Complete History of Tilbury Football Club". pitchero.com. Tilbury F.C. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
Goad, Ryan (11 December 2014). "Essex's most successful Sunday league side Ockendon Motor Spares forced to call it a day". Thurrock Gazette. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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[hugman-1] "Terry Matthews". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[theyflysohigh-2] Marsh, Steve. "George 'Terry' MATHEWS ... (1953)". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[whs-3] "George Terry Matthews". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[4] Day, Richard (25 February 2013). "On This Day..." Gillingham F.C. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[5] "Official Handbook 1970-71". Ashford Football Supporters Association. 1970.

[6] Brown, Lloyd (September 2013). "A Complete History of Tilbury Football Club". pitchero.com. Tilbury F.C. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

[7] Goad, Ryan (11 December 2014). "Essex's most successful Sunday league side Ockendon Motor Spares forced to call it a day". Thurrock Gazette. Retrieved 5 July 2018.